Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,656 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Maurice Ashley (1966- )
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John Jenkins (1952- )
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George E. Moose (1944 – )
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(1864) Abraham Lincoln “Address at a Sanitary Fair”

Explore Global African History

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Black Soldiers and the Ledo Road (1942-1945)
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Alessandro de’ Medici (1510-1537)
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Jean-Baptiste Belley-Mars (ca. 1747-ca. 1805)
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Minnesota counties
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Slavery and Freedom on the Minnesota Territory Frontier: The Strange Saga of Joseph Godfrey
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Charles Mitchell, Slavery, and Washington Territory in 1860
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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution
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Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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